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r. 24. iicted to de -3f St. ild of have ad his ►)d, at ;lot of tep of ) and t, and ,onera osed) Feary the n en le fa- ettieci often )1- the' ,and vhom a beth : the. who Id on n&d, >roved Id out er de en to )roba n this a the ;oners Ice of iru [endnt reta- Me:- n t , Ge re t tle Hol• it ap ranee, in flo orders o thi; tenor at al.) felt ly beea this Isk of —by les of flies e tn could 12111 eceive must King tt.; ac- it city inst. been g flax cp • the ng : the ks, eac- mitrtery re, 7 4he where nay be when walk. :hat on e too ti gl i i e , edium, flaking loshua tershire, rdsi►ire, Cr, co. tens} e, Ingham, ngh3m, • irtning. ie C4l- . 4 !at . rii lohn Ird, - :tut , reJ that coutitly; B;:ti311 RO>ident Sad the Commanding Officer in Mysore did not permit the adoption of coercive treasures until every means ,of expostulation and forbearance had been exhaust ed; and until they were compelled to embrace the alternative of employing force, in order to prevent the most fatal evils to the cause of their country. " The. Governor in Council requests than the Hon. Mr. Cole and Lieut.-Colonel Davies will be pleated to accept the expression of his highest ap probation and thanks, for the moderation, firmness,. ..and ability, which they manifested on this unpre cedented and distressing occasion: " A. FALCONAR, Chid Sec. to Government." lEDL4 MOST IMPO,RTANT INTELLIGENCE• BY GOVERNMENT. Fort St. George, Aug. lb, tgo. “.GENERAL ORDERS. " The Governor in Council has' received' fence that the troops at Chittledroog, coh'rsittifig of the first Battalion of the fith and tetliTelifirlents of .Native Infantry, seized, in the laltBeuedd of J uly, the public treasure at that statione:deserted the post entrusted to their care e and, inethddietice to orders which they received from a Commlttee who have usurped the public authority at Seringapatam, thatched on the 6th inst. to join the dieiffeeted troops In that garrison, plundering the villages on their route.. The British Resident,' and the Officer •com hlanaing in Mysore, prohibited, in the most positive terms, the advance of the troops from Chit . ledruog',, and demanded from their European officers et Pliance with the resolaiien of the Governor t in Council of the 26th ule by either declaring that tiey *oat obey the orders of Government eceordingee the tenor of their cominiSsions,. or witlidrawiug,tor the present Irons the exercise of authority. '" The officers having retused to complywith his requisition, and 'having persisted in advancing to- Wards Seringapatane, it became unavoidably neces sary to prevent by force their entrance into that garrison. " In the contest which ensued; a detachment'from the 13 , ittsh force, under the command of Liehtenant- Colonel Gibbs, aided by a body of Mysore horse, and one bait Ilion of the 3d regiment of Native in :fanny, e;'tirely defeated and dispersed the corps ' ficrll Chittledroog. Dining this affair a sally was made by the garrie ton of Seringapatarn on Lieutenant-Colonel Gibbs's Vamp, but e as, instantly driven back bar the picquet ,and sth regiment of cavalry, under the command,of , ( tiptaia 1.17 en, of his Majesty's 25th Dragoons, in 'charge cif thet trtnent. " Nearly the . vhole of the rebel force was dess' Iroyed, while &e caiutity•only was str,tained by the Isritish troops. Lieu . Jeff' ies, at id , :Majesty's 25th teetnient of light Dragoons having zealously offered serviCes to carry flu of Lieutenant- Colonel Gibbs, imsious to prevent the effitsion of 'bleed, sees desist, s , dispatching to' the rebel 're o p s , e az; iligiitlte'terotinded in the execution of that eety by a volley fired under the express tom bland e! an'-European Officer: . " - Weil, the Governor in Council participates in lisle f e fi L i g, s of sorrow that MIS( have been expe- Petteres teethe British forces, in acting against the rebel troops, and deeply laments the unfortunate bet .inperious neceesity which :existed for that pro teL•i he cotre,ites it to he Atic to thecondutti of the „British force" to ::,m):c.s3 his high edmiutien and, applause t he 'Leal, firmness, anti patriotism wh i ch ttley di e a Tel titc't most distressing occasion. " Tehie eonduce affords It further proof of the tuperh ',influence in their minds, of the principles of settee, hetioer, and loyalty, over every other' Consideration, and etninepoy entitles them to pub lic approleition. Lieute-Colenal Gibbs, LieueeCoi. itdam, ivlajer Coidoti, Captain Beaii, and Lion. Jeffries, aNeiled es of tie opportunities ()1..' feree to on this ock.ision of serving their country. • t"the Govereor in Council is also happy to dis tieeuish the, zeal and lbyalty displayed by the sth reetment i Natere Cavalry, the, is butt. 3d regh• itivnt of Native Infantry, and the Mysore trieops, `wile . ail tuiwilested an eager desire to perform their •.; duty. Tie Mysore horse on one occasion put . the • column of the Chittledroog troops to flight; and 'lOO4 two gMts and bo!ii the colours from one of the battalions ; a memorable proof of the weakness of men acting to the worst of causes. " That a body of British Officers ehould delibez - eately disobey the orders of their Government, seize •. the public treasure under their proteOicon—abandon I - - - GENERAL ORDERS 13Y THE HONOURABLE TIE GO tlie post entrusted to their charge—ma:eh to join a I . vEatiOu IN COUNCIL. Party of teen opett opposition to authority--- plunder the doe - ludo:1s of a British Ally, and tinelly t‘ The course of proceedings follelvved for seine hear • arms against their country, most excite grief time . past by the Officers (if the Flonottrable Cone . - end astonishment ; but the conduct of these Offi- pany's Army at this l'Pesidenc, has obliged the cers in urgiag the innoc.ett, men under their corn- • Government to adopt the most decided Measures Thatid, who h the most powerful ch:lins on their for the preservation of the important interests corn but/vanity and care, into the guilt And danger of re - m ilted to its charge. • These proceedings may be t aloe, coestitutes'en aegrivation of their offence stated to have commenced with the transmission to that cannot - be contemplated without feelings of the ' the Goternmete by the late Commander in Chief of deepest indignation and sorrow a Memorial addressed to the Honourable the Court " The Governor in Council is very far from wish- . . of Diretclors, dated• Jan. 1809, ,and signed by a large • ling to aggravate the misconduct of those deluded proportion of the Company's 'Officers. Although and unhappy men ; but he earnestly hopes that the that paper exhibits claims of an ungrounded nature, example of their dimes and their late will still im- and contains observations equally improper and un cress on the minds of the officers who have joined - just on the orders.of the Honourable the Court of in their plans, a sense of the danger of their aitua- Direelors and the Government, the Governor in Cone and the ecropriety of endeavouring, by their i Council was induced to permit it to pass Without early obedience and futete zeal, to efface 'the deep the serious notice which it appeared to demand, stain which has been cast on the honour of the Ma- by a confidence in the discipline of the army, and 4ras at my. a persuasion that the obje&tonable passages in, the ' "In announcing to the Native troops the distress- Memorial were inadvertently and unintentionally ing event described in this Order, the Governor in introduced. ' Council must express his concern, that any part of # " The subsequent concluEt of the Commander in Elie Native army stiouid be so far deluded by misre- Chid,' forced the Governnient to vindicate its au .,presentation, and s o lost to a•sense Of the obligation . thority, by a signal example of punishment. It was of honour, and reliion, as to ad against the well known to the Company's .officets, that the Government which has so long stipported theirs. whole erif this proceetlitse Was referred to the Su : " The General Order of the 3d instant, and the Neale Gevelnmeot, and Authorities in Europe'; Conduct that has been observed towards the 'Native that it would receive from their wisdom a decisien troops at the Presidency, the Mount Vellore, Tree conformable to the. soundest principles of reason r chin e p o iy,.Bellary Gooty, and Bangalore, must con- t and justice; and that its discoSsion could not be ' tiuce the whole Native army of the anxiety of Go- i long to the cognizance of the army, who are prd- *erriment to promote their welfare, and save' them eluded ftorn becoming a deliberative body, Not from thO dangers into which they were likely to be : -withstanding them• onsiderations, the Governor in plunged, • Tee Governor in Council still places the Council, anxioueeeteernove every cause of misuhder greatest confidence in the fidelity arid zeal of the staudiog relative to a .measure of sodmportant a ea- Native troops, and is convinced that, they will not tore, published , an -Order, dated tike . 3-Ist January', willingly sully the high, reputation which they' have • ex p lainin g to the Ar my the gfeititcs . oh•Nthieh it %a long enjoyed, by joining_ in the execution of .wasetdopted. 'f he Governor in Council had a right tplans that must end. in their disgrace and 'ruitt toetxpe6t, on themost obvious grounds of discipline, " The Governor in Council trusts the unhappy and respeta for the laws, that the question would fate of the Chettledroog battalions, who allowed have beep permitted to rest here, and receive its final themselves to be engaged in opposition to their Go- award from the only powers competent to de teni:unit, will have the died of prevailing on any cede . on it ; and it was with feelings ,of equal Set ' ether part of the Native army from suffering thew- prize and concern' he learned that a Memorial. eelees, ''ender any circumstances, to be placed in a to the Supreire -Goverm - neett, of the Most intem eifeeration adverse to their duty amid allegiartl:e: • peiata description, was circulated in the Company's • " The Governor in Council avails liitueilf of this &rill , occasion, to express, in the most public manner, his " The Governor in Council desirious to avoid a high sense of the zeal, moderation; energy; and recerretice to measures of severity, and persuaded stbilit diaplayed by the. GoeernMent of Mysore, th it it w.is sntficient to apprize the Company's Of -. and by - the British Resident and Ce ' (tei freers of the improper nature of their proceedings, AMMO ing - :ter, clarinet' the tr.au6actisais._that itaes „eezeueLy . o e, to heluce them to del st from their prosecution, au- BY GOVERNMENT. 44 Fort St. Georgc, August 9, tgost. " The s Goverimr in Council having taken into Con sideration the whole of the transactionsihat have oc curred to the garrison of Masulipatiiin, and b.-in; si tistiod that tne part borne by the men in those trans- . arlions is to be entirely iini.ufed to the misrepresent ations and se din-tion of their Eurdrean.Otlicers, is pleased to proclaim a in I pardon to the European Nun, commisSioried Officers and privates, and t o the Nat ive Com Missioned Officers and NOn-commisiioned Of ficers of the garrison of Masulipatara,, who were concerned in these improper 'proceedings. The Govtrnor in Council entertains a confident persua sion that this al3of lenity will produce a prOj'ei ea.& the minds of these in.-n, and induce thew to manife,t in future tinit fidelity to the GoVernment which constitutes the first duty and highest : praise of every soldier. " The Governor in Council Pri)hitritS the 'march of any body of troops from the garrison .uf patam, Arithuut the orders of Major-General Parer, commanding the Northern Division ; and directs, that any troops who may have marched from Masu lipatam without due authoriiy, shall return forthwith 'to that station, on pain of being con , iderett to be in a State of rebellion to the Government. '" A. FALCoNAP., Chief Secretzry." SUPPLEMENT TO THE INDIA GAZETTE. MONDAY, AUG. 23, 13.9. GENERAL ORDERS, BY THE VICE-PRESIDENT IN " G. DOWDMNIILL, " Acting Chief Secretary to Government." MADRAS GOVERNM E NT GAZETTE EXTRAOR DINARY, AUG. 1 4. Fort St. George, Aug. rBo9. .•• • , their . ised the commanJer.in . Chief to issue a etreutar letter, dated the sth March, 1809, explaining to those Officers the i a rprOpriety . ot - their cooduel, and calling upOn then) by the most powerful monves•pf duty, allegiance, an d honour to abstain from such unjustifiable - measures. , A Letter from the Right Hon. the Governor in Coancil e •dated the 2.oth of February, 1800, approving,of the steps adopted by 'the Gosernernf Fort Sr. George, with respect to the late ComMander in Ch i ef, was also circu lated to 'the army, in the expealation that ,the sentiments of Ihe Supreme Government Wuuld have repressed the spirit of faction a,nd insubordina tion which prevailed. These letters ,appear to haveoprodueed no efferli the- Memorial to the ,Supreme Government made their further pro gress; and an Address to .Major Roles, an Otticrr under sentence of suspension, written in language of determined' sedition, was circulated in the army, anal forced, upon the notice 'of the Goverour in Cootheil, by a Company's 'Officer, holding a conti deniial situation on his . St-aft—the Governor in Council was still_ induced •to pursue - a system of forbearance, by the sentimentsoif atrealion and re ; spekt which he was disposed to entertain towa.ds the ComPany's Officers; and by a conviction that the piincioles of zea . !, discipline, and national at-, tachment, by which he supposed they were, atniat , ed, would lead 'them to relinquish the reprehensible • measures in vet hicli they were engaged, on being 'made fully acquainted with their impropriety and danger. The Co6mander 'in Chief accordingly, under thesanelioil of the Government, i-sued 'a se cond circular letter, dated )(Ali - April, 1809, again Calling upon the Officers of - the Company's army to sidhere**to - their dute,'correatng the erroneous ope, :.pions which•they had receivederegarding the powers of Government, - and, de - scribing the unjustifiable n I- I lure and dangerous cdhaequences - of their proeeed-, ings. The Governor: in Council learned with deep t regret that, these measures of moderation, these re -1 peated and urgent appeals to the discipline, duty,• national attachment, and professional honour of the 'ompany's .Officers, were : entirely nugatory ; that the Memorials continued to be circulated, and that i - sentiments of sedition were openly declared in many parts of the army ; the further forbearaine Of the COUNCIt. - 1 Gnvernment would have encouraged the progress - of " Fort William, Aug. 22, o°9. ' those evils; a course ,of explanation and exhorta " The Hon.. the Vice-President t in ,Council, has Lion had been pursued in vain, and it became impe been fUrnished with Copies of the lethirs addressed to riously necessary to Check, by a sahnary example 4 his Excelleocrahe Commander in Chief, by' the • puni-luncht, a Spirit of insubordination that threat- Officers of the several corps qoariered at Moon, i coed th I -most dangerous consequences to the pros- Kultitul, and Agra, and-to the General Otfieer coin- 1 perity o. the 'Enteire. The General Orders. otat he manding at Cinmtr, by .the Officers of the different I Ist of, May last %ere accordingly passed. The Go corps onertered in the Province of Benares ex - 1 vernor in Council is concerned to state, that this pressive of their loyalty and attachment. to their:{ example, which was coofiried to the persons who King and Country, of their a ll e gi anc e to• the Go, i were principally instrumental in promoting sedi vernment estatalished by the. Constitution in this ,f . Ilan, and,•of whose delinquency the most ample country, and on their entire disapprobation of 1 proofsexiste-'s and which was intended to obviate the spirit of edition and revolt ) by which a p a te 'of 1 the necessity of more extenaive punishments, tailed the army of .the Pleklency at Fort St. George is at i . to produce' the beneficial feflecis an- icipated from its present actuated ; the . Vice-President in Council has adoption; .and that principles of insubordination and received these dechoatious o f the sentiments 0 1 the sedition continued to plevail among the .Company's officers of the army of Bengal, on this interesting t Officers, if possible, with aggravated violence.; the oacena,,n, with peculiar gratification, and he consi- i Company's Officers of the Hydrabad Sub - idiat y . tiers it an act of ehlstice to decla'r:,., in the most pub- i Force, whose good conduel in refusing to affix their lie manner, the eenti.!ence - which the Government I.signatures to the sed tious Addresses, had received has unifornily reposed iii the unshaken zeal ;In d 1 the approbation of the Government, intimated to loyaly of ate officers of this army; and its firm per the rest of the Army, in an Address, dated in May t suasion that no circumstance can ever induce them i last, scarcely less reprehensible than the papers that ' to swerve froth their ptiblic duty. . had incurred. the animadversion of the Government, Tire Vices President in Council has received their participation in the disaffection , which prevail private, but authentiC Infortiiation, that the same • ed so extensively in the Company's army. honourable sentiments are entertained by theOffieers, " The 'Officers of Hydrabad followed op this aft; of all thh other military stations tinder the Presi- bythreatening in an address, dated 15th June, dem:) , of Fort William. • " f transmitted direct to the Governor in Council, to sepal-4+5 themselves from the au t hority of the Go- N emo - rent, established over them by their coning', unless a Submission should be yielded. to their me-. iteccs - , by abrogating the General Orders of the ist o f - May and the cempany's Officers at Masulipa= , tam impri•oned their Commanding Officer, and made preparations na desert the post entrusted to their charge, and to join the Hy . drabad subsidiary force, thereby lovolvine, on account of views per sonal to themselves, the snen under their command, in• the guilt of rebellion, and furnishing to the native troops a dartgerotrs example of resistance to audio., City. The Governor in Conocii, still anxious to Impress on -the minds 61 the Compaq's Officers a senee of the impropriety of their conduct, published to the artny the dispatch from Li e Supreme Govern ment, dated the 21st of May last, which contained 'an entire approval of the measures of the Govern ment of Fort .St. GeorgtO and stated the most for ,cible and- conclualve.afetiments against the 'system of fafition and illeenl combination which had been .intiOdtfced into the Coal! Army. This solemn de cision of the Supreme authority itt -India, has also phoved .to be inefic;l nal the Officers at Hydrabad, although they knew the sentiments of the Sttpreme Government, re!uset!, in a body, in a letter to their Cornmandiog °dicer, dated the Bth of July, obe-' dience to the orders et Gie'et-muent, foe' the march . of a battalion 'from Hydrabed, adding, as a threat, that its services might soon be useful to their cause; and have since fawn, tied tr) the Government, iii a paper, died - the 24 sh -of Jely, • the condit;ons on which they are willing to to urn id their duty, a; d '.which they, require 1 . 6 e GOVrtit‘leftt CO accent, ill order to avert the impending a %vini e• iis i evils that • cart result only= from their oast i:rimilinild.tterinind tion to plie,themselves in the situation of enemies to their country, The cooditious on whirl' (hose Officers presomeeto state that they will vield obe dience to the National Authorities, atierd further' proofs of the nature of their des-hots, -for :hey de mand the ptiblic revocation of the General Orders of the Ist May ; the revoration to their rank and.ap pointments (if all Officers removed by this Govern ment, hoWtever obnoxious and criminal the conduct of those Officers may have been ; the dismission from office of the Officers of the General Statf who may be supposed to, have advised the Government the trial by a General Court Martial of , the Officer commanding Masuiipa'am, who was emitted by his own disobedient Officers; and finally, an am ,nesty fo r the conduel of the Compaity's Army. The garrison of Masolipatam hare placed th em selves in a state s, - rebelliee, the troops of St.tingapatalfl and Hyn i abad hav e thlloved . their example, and it h-s been ascertained that the e military authority entruSt ed to'Commaodiug Officers has been usurped by self-coesaituted Committees; and that an organized system of combination, for the purpose of .subvert log die . authority. ot, the Goagrument e has been qta- .ialished throughout the greatest part of the Army of this Establishment., " The G vernor in Council perceives, in the fore. going course of proceedings on the part of the European 'Officers of the Company's Army, which has equally resisted measures of forbearance -24 punishment, a determined spirit of revolt that rouse- • unless sly:edify-- repressed, prOduce the most fatal consequences to the.cOnstltution and authority of the Government and the in erects of the Nation.-- No means:compatible with the honour and ;tot hri rity of the,Gove.ronaint : have been omitted to renal the Company's Officers to a sense of their duty as • soldiers, and of their . allegianct:t The forbearance displayed by the GM/erns - fleet unaer cireumstances of aggravated inJigolf), clerucn.:.!Je the aatisfaetion with which it would hav6 regarded any disposition on the tart of the Coinpa;lyrs to manifest the usual obedience required from all soldiers No-dis'posirion, however, of tua, n ;; ore has appeared ;. on ,thg,,corerara, those Officers, by a systematic course of aggression an i insubordination) have forced the'GOiernment to adopt measures of the most decided. nature fox the support of its authority. ' " The Governor in Council would he gisilty of most criminal, desertion of his duty and the cause of Ms country, if he were cipable of confirm.tig ter,: evils of sedition and mutiny by a submission to the menaces of a body of men, placed by the law unz • der his government. Such a course of eroceediee would prostrate the authority of the Stare before a disatiatted and seditious faction ; it would effiaatually incapacitate this, and every suaceeding Governmeoi , from executing rho fonEtiong of erdmiuist ration, and would be fatal to the prosperity of the Empire of India, by affording an eXaMple of successful onpc sitiOn to authority, and by weakening the power and dignity of the Government, which, In this country, are peculiarly essential to its existeuce.-aa Influenced by these considerations, the Governor in Council has considered it to be his sacred Linty to re sist every appearance of concession to the threats of insubordination and taEtion, and to employ the power and means of the disposal of the Government for the restoration of its diacipline and the 'wino:- fiance of its honour an I authority. -" In this state, of atfiirs, - it is a sonrce of the most gratifying reflunion that zeal,, loyalty; and &sal• pline of his Maiisty's troops, and of many oft the most respeaable Officers of the Company's' Array, combined with the fidelity generally inallift-st , .td by . the native troops, will enable the Go•mrnineut to accomplish the important object of re-establishing public order. The good conduct of his •Majesta": troops durug the dissensions that have occurred, their zealous - adherence to duty, the preference which they have manifested, to the principles of honour, virtue, and patriotism, Over the personal views and disorderly passions uhith pterttled around them, reflect .the greatest credit on their character, and demonstrate that they are animated by the same ardent love of their country which has distinguished their brother soldiers in Europe. His Majesty's troops under this Government will possess the grati fyina;•rellection Of having deserved the approbation and gratitude of their country, arid of hasing emi nently contributed to the preservation of an import ant branch of the Empire. ‘, The Governor in Council entertains a hoi e that the Company's Officett, who have threatened the' GoVernment of their country with the most serious evils, who have demanded as the cohdition of being faithful to theit duty, the execution of measures de grading to the character, and fatal to the interests of the State, will pause before they attempt to proceed further itt the course of sedition and guilt which they have pursued: It has been the earnest wish mid anxious desire of the Governor in Council, to avoid mcasuren of extremity, to re-establish order by the. course of the law, and to give up to military trial the authors of the present seditious proceedlngs, prosecution of measures so consonant to justice, so necessary for restoration of discipline, and so Con formable to the ordinary course of Military Govern ment, the Governor in Council, is persuaded a hat - he shall have the concurrence of persons in the civil and military services who have not banished from their minds every sentiment of national .feelint;; and he exhorts the Officers of the Company's Service; by-submitting to that course of mea.‘itires, avert the evils winch they ate precipitating upon therst selves, Sunh .a result, gratifying .at' any oerni , ), would, at the present moment of national difficolty, be particularly acceptable to the views and lecling. of the Governor in Council; and adverting to Vl:a zeal and patriotism by. which the Officets of ,the Company's Anny,have been distinguished, he still, encourages a hope, ,that by manifesting obeddeirce to theGovernmeot, ,they will obviate the•adoption, of naeasures of extremity, -arrest-the certain cringe, quences of 'their past conduct, and promote the re storation of general confidence, -order, -arid' d's-• cipline; " By order of the Noble the Governor in Council, (Signed) " A. FALCONAIt."' MA,DR AS, Aeo. 11.s—Yesterday a session of Oyer and Terniiner. and Gaol Delivery to the Snprerpe Court, t inmeueed before the Honourable Sir t'iy mas 'Strange, Kw. Chief Justice,.. at - the Hof:se, at 'Fort St. George, who addressed a charge,. to the Joiry, of which the following is:an extract ‘ Gentlemen, the certainty that a&s of rebellipn have,wittiin the territories dependent upon this Prr sidency, been recently committed bytitrber4 of tiie Honourable Company's Officers engaged i n 'an ex ter - sive có libination, eventually to throw off all o,,)ecii enCe to this Government, and seek redress of allked . grievances by arms, forbids my parting with you 'on the present occasion, without drawing your attention_ to a state of things at once so extraordinary, so p;ji, • loos, and so highly criminal: " If th-re be in the mind of any one of y 0 ,2, Gentletren, the least doubt as to the fact, tiponlvn:: I sh ill expect to make no impression till 'he Ld better. informed on the subjei.k. If thelao, how-: ever..he, that the description of p'rsons I allude, have; with comparatively few _excepti , ifi, • been prevailed upon to enter into An illegal c0.a,i17 7 nation,_and that indikiduals of them, availing the selves of its support, are, by their aas le it to this Government no alternative, but.either to com., promise the public -authority, -or to cildeaviir tq maintain it by the sword, then. the time is, in •rfvf opinion, arriveJ, when it becomes every man in hi= sphere to. consider the Rut which it may be prop 4 1 1 H 1 --=„